Bottle-closure and brush.



PATBNTED MAR. 3,- 1903. E. WEBER & F. G, FREY. BOTTLE CLOSURE AND BRUSH. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1901. RENEWED JUNE 12, 1902.

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EHIL XVEBER AND FRANK C. FREY, OF BAKER CITY, OREGON.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE AND BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 722,170, dated. March 3, 1903- Application filed June 15,1901. Renewed June 12,1902. Serial No. 111,392. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EMIL WEBER and FRANK O. FREY, citizens of the United States, residing at and whose post-office address is 1933 Court street, Baker City, in the county of Baker and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures and Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a mucilage-hottle closure and brush, and the primary object thereof is to provide a combined closure and brush which will effectually seal the bottle, making the same practically air-tight and yet be adapted to be readily removed.

A further object is to provide means for adjustably securing the closure to the brushhandle to provide for the varying depths of the brush owing to the amount of mucilage in the receptacle.

The peculiar construction of the device, as well as the manner of using the same, will be clearly described hereinafter and the novel arrangement of parts clearly disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a brush and closure constructed in accordance with our invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View through the same.

Referring now to the drawings by numerals of reference, 1 designates an expansible frusto-conical tubular handle comprising a sheet of spring metal wound in upwardly-tapering spiral form with overlapping edges 2 and 3, and in the lower extremity of the handle we provide a brush 4. Sleeved on the handle is a stopper 5, of cork or other suitable resilient material. 6 designates a casing surrounding the closure 5 and having an overlapping annular flange 7, which is adapted to rest upon the edge of the bottle-neck. The casing 6 is preferably composed of a composition of lead and tin. The purpose of this combination of metals is to prevent adhesion to the bottle.

Slidably secured within the tube 1 is a longitudinally-extending rod 8, carrying on its lower end a ball 9, the other end of the rod being bent at right angles to form a handle 10, whereby the ball may be drawn toward the reduced end of the handle and thereby expand the same so as to fit tightly against the inner walls of the cork or closure 5.

In actual practice the cork or closure 5 will normally be in engagement with the handle at a point adjacent the brush. As the contents of the bottle are used it will be necessary to adjust the stopper toward the upper extremity of the handle, so as to admit of the immersion of the brush, and in order to securely fasten said stopper to the handle the ball is drawn up through the medium of the rod, thus expanding the tube and forcing'it tightly against theinner wallsof said stopper. This will securely fasten the cork in its predetermined adjustment and it may be successively adjusted as occasion arises. When it is desirable to change the device to another bottle to reduce the distance between the brush and the stopper, it will only be necessary to force the ball downward toward the greater diameter of the handle, which will permit the stopper to be readily positioned at any convenient point thereon. By reason of the fact that the handle is made of spring metal, as soon as tension is removed therefrom it will readily resume its normal shape.

While we have described andillustrated the preferred form of this device, we are aware that slight changes and alterations may be made from time to time without affecting the merits of the invention, and we therefore reserve the right to make such changes and alterations as would properly come within the scope of the invention withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a tubular and expansible brush-handle, of a closure sleeved there on, and means for expanding the handle so as to hold the closure at any predetermined point.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a frusto-conical, tubular handle made from a sheet of spring metal and provided with overlapping edges, of a closure being adapted to be adjustably seclosure sleeved on said handle, and means for cured at any convenient point on the handle. expanding the handle from the interior so as In testimony whereof We affix our signa- I5 to secure the closure at any convenient point tures in presence of Witnesses. thereon. EMIL WEBER.

3. In a device of the character described, FRANK O. FREY. the combination with an expansihle, tubular Witnesses as to Frey: brnsh-handle, a rod longitudinally movable HUGH M. STERLING, therein, means on the end of said rod for ex- B. F. FUNK. panding the handle, of a closure carried Witnesses as to Weber: thereby consisting of resilient material and EDWIN W. REYNOLDS, provided with an outer metallic casing, said l HERMANN SURBECK. 

